Video shows man beating women with baseball bat

Orlando police hope the public can help identify the man depicted in the video and photograph.

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February 26, 2013|By Jeff Weiner and Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel

Orlando police on Tuesday released a graphic surveillance video and photograph depicting a man beating two women with a baseball bat outside a downtown Orlando condo early Sunday.

Detectives are hoping the public will help identify the attacker, who is thought to be 30 years old, about 5-foot-8, and has very short hair that is almost shaved. He was wearing a blue dress shirt and tie.

The victims told police they were about to enter The Grande condominiums on South Street at about 12:30 a.m. when the man approached and attacked, striking both women multiple times.

Both victims were knocked to the ground, a report states, but one was able to flee for help. A witness described her "running towards him bleeding profusely from her head."

The witness told police the attacker took the other victim's purse, and then ran to a newer-model four door, white vehicle parked nearby. He drove away "at a high rate of speed" on South Street.

The victims said they had never seen their attacker before, and did not believe they were followed to the complex by anyone. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries.